The songwriters who gave us “Your Song,”“Tiny Dancer” and “Rocket Man” will add to their stuffed awards shelf later this year when Elton John and Bernie Taupin are awarded the Gershwin Prize.
For more than 50 years, Bernie Taupin has givenElton John’s indelible melodies far more than their words. He has given them their plots, characters, settings, attitudes, even their worldviews. His lyrics tell stories — often eccentric ones — and John makes them sing. And nearly always in...
Taupin also thanked John’s husband, David Furnish, who is one of the producers ofRocketman: “Your tenacity and dedication has driven this train all the way here.” The win enabled John to set a new record as the songwriter with the longest span of wins in the best original song...
Elton Johnreleased a lyric video for the demo recording of “Scarecrow,” the first song he co-wrote with lyricistBernie Taupin. It was one of six rare archive tracks launched to mark John’s 74th birthday on March 25, all of which appeared on last year’s rarities anthologyElton: Jewel ...
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Elton and Bernie Taupin did some brilliant songwriting during the first part of his career, from Elton John to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.JoelBillyRolling Stone
If Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has a theme, it is one of nostalgia for the simpler pleasures and experiences of a pre-fame childhood. Not that this childhood necessarily belonged to Elton Hercules John. Certainly, he may have shared Bernie Taupin's yearning for old-style Hollywood glamour, as ...
John became famous in the early 1970s when he and songwriterBernie Taupinwrote several songs which he performed and recorded. John became a huge star, not only for his musical abilities but for his flamboyant stage personality. He composed several musicals and also composed the music for the an...
Elton John is a singer, pianist, and composer who created one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in pop history with Bernie Taupin.
It wasn’tElton John’s idea to create a “sequel” toCaptain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy, the chart-busting 1975 album inspired by his early days with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. It wasn’t Bernie’s, either. But when they put their mind to making a record based on thei...